Green Progress Winner: LEGOLAND Windsor Resort SPONSORED BY


Fittingly, Grundon with a proud record of ‘green’ innovation itself was supporting this category, for which there were four highly varied finalists.


Colourful Coffins is an Oxford company that provides an alternative to the ‘plain brown wooden box’. Its personalised cardboard and wooden coffins are environmentally friendly, using sustainable sources.


Dell Corporation, also nominated last year, is the technology giant based in Bracknell that provides IT solutions worldwide. It has a full Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme including energy efficiency, packaging, recycling and innovative solutions to reduce environmental impact.


LEGOLAND Windsor Resort’s environmental and waste management is a key part of the CSR commitment at LEGOLAND. The resort in Windsor achieves zero waste to landfill. Anything that can’t be recycled gets converted into energy.


R Collard is an Eversley demolition and waste management company with one of the region’s most respected reputations for sustainable construction services.


It recently opened a state-of the-art materials recycling facility that enables the firm to recycle over 95% of the materials it processes.


Clayton Sullivan-Webb, managing director of Grundon Waste Management joined co- presenter Huw Edwards on stage to present the awards.


Cornerstones of the category winning performance had been the demonstration of progress in innovation, sustainability, social responsibility and employee engagement.


“Our winners have shown a commitment to improving both environmental and waste management as part of their wider CSR agenda. With a dedicated team, enthusiastically led by both Paul Howard and Julian Bromley, they have overcome the many unique challenges that operating a family theme park set in 150 acres of parkland, with


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Paul Howard (2nd right), LEGOLAND Windsor Resort, collected the award from Clayton Sullivan-Webb (right), Grundon Waste Management


a 150-room hotel, has presented, in order to make it a far greener and more sustainable operation,” it was revealed in the judging panel overview.


“During the past year they have made great improvements in managing their emissions, energy and water usage. Driving up recycling rates – diverting more waste from landfill – has been a primary focus, as well as supporting local community initiatives. Our winners have embedded core ‘green’ values into their business and engaged with their employees to ensure that not only is the message heard, but the values are lived out every day.”


That winning performance was provided by LEGOLAND Windsor Resort.


R Collard obtained the third place award, with runner-up spot going to Colourful Coffins. A Highly Commended category certificate was awarded to Dell Corporation.


Paul Howard, LEGOLAND Windsor Resort's facilities manager, said afterwards: “This


award will mean the absolute world to my team because we started this sustainability and recycling commitment 2-3 years ago by looking at all the waste materials from the park, such as plastics, glass, metals and cardboard, and the way they were being managed, then came up with improvements and opportunities for separating them. Now it all gets recycled or sent to create energy from waste which is fantastic.”


His team’s ‘green’ work was being highlighted at Windsor by a range of initiatives, not least a special limited-issue green Lego recycling badge (which he had revealed from his pocket on stage) soon to be introduced for deserving young visitors. “These may only be small badges, but they will become sought after as a collector’s item, and mean the world to some children.


“For me, it’s all about engaging the younger generation and young families. If we can get the message out that we’re a theme park involved in energy-efficiency and sustainability, and get their buy-in to recycling, then they will take that ‘green’ message away.”


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